Where does “subhourly” come from?
subhourly (English) comes from English sub, from English substitute, from Middle English substituten, from Latin substitutus, from Latin substituo, from Latin statuo, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō.
subhourly (English): At a frequency of smaller periods than hours;...
Definitions
- At a frequency of smaller periods than hours;...
Ancestry of “subhourly”, step by step
subhourly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sub
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sub | A submarine; A submarine sandwich: a sandwich... |
| 2 | English | substitute | To use in place of something else, with the same... |
| 3 | Middle English | substituten | — |
| 4 | Latin | substitutus | substituted |
| 5 | Latin | substituo | I place next to, under, or instead of; I... |
| 6 | Latin | statuo | I set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I... |
| 7 | Latin | stātus | fixed, set, having been set |
| 8 | Latin | stō | to stand |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |
via English hourly
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hourly | Occurring every hour; Unsalaried, paid by the... |
| 2 | English | hour | A time period of sixty minutes; one twenty-fourth... |
| 3 | Middle English | houre | hour; A time, occasion, or moment; A canonical... |
| 4 | Old French | houre | hour; time; moment to do something |
| 5 | Latin | hōra | hour |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὥρα | any defined period of time; season; climate |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *worā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |